2011 Student Showcase, this THURSDAY!

THE KSA ALUMNI SOCIETY PRESENTS...

2011 Spring Student Showcase

Thursday, April 7 from 5-7pm

Knowlton Hall Review Space

Join us for a 2-hour event featuring six projects presented by students representing the Architecture, Landscape Architecture and City & Regional Planning programs. The first hour will include six 10-minute presentations followed by one hour of discussion and networking with students, alumni, and faculty. Light refreshments will be provided.

Presenters are:

Pirates of the Suzhou

by Nick Bruckelmeyer, Greg Evans, Jonathan Leonard and Kyle Schneider - Architecture

Place Making by Beautiful Losers: Territory in the Public Realm

by Rebecca Kemper - CRP

Weinland Park Solutions: Weinland Farm and Patches

by Stephanie Hayward- Architecture and Michael Reder- Landscape Architecture

The Plan for Hip Hop

by Shaquitta Brookins- CRP

A Story of a Pool: Headquarters for the Waterkeepers

Kevin Parzych- Architecture

The WAQA Project: Water Access and Quality Assessment, Offinso North District, Ghana

by Keischa Irons, Ktephani Kim and Michael Fortune- CRP

The Spring Student Showcase is part of the Bridging the GAP Series of events focused on the transition to professional status.

For more information, visit the Bridging the GAP web page, or email lonardo.9@osu.edu.

Click here for directions to Knowlton Hall.

CRPSA Meeting, April 5 at 4:50

Membership Meeting
CRPSA will be having a membership meeting on Tuesday, April 5, at 4:50, immediately following the Graduate CRP 712 class. We'll be meeting in Room 175 to cover the following topics:

1) For anyone who is going to the APA Conference that has attended or volunteered at a CRPSA-Point generating event, you will receive a check to help fund your Boston experience.

2) We will be introducing the 2011-2012 CRPSA website (ksacrpsa.blogspot.com) and discussing some of its features, including a survey that will gather information from students to help them network according to internships, neighborhood residency, and interests.

3) We'll discuss CRPSA's opportunities for improvement and gather feedback on how this organization can be of the greatest value to its members.

Whether you are a current member or not, all are encouraged to attend!

T-Shirts for Sale!
T-Shirts will be available for purchase on Tuesday (4/5), from 12:30 to 1:30 in the 4th Floor CRP lab. The newest shirt, designed by Ratzko Ruzic, will be $15. Any previous year design will be $10. Please bring exact change or a check to purchase these shirts!

One Ohio State Framework Plan
Graduate Students:
Dinner, Dessert and Discussion over the One Ohio State Framework Plan. April 5, 5:30 at 1100 Kinnear Road on West Campus.

Join several other student organizations in a group discussion over the One Ohio State Framework on April 5th and why sustainability is so vital to the University's future. We really need to be well represented here, and dinner (and dessert) is provided! Who's interested?

More info on the plan is here: http://fod.osu.edu/afp/

Come as early as 5 PM to network with Graduate Students from complimentary programs!

Happy Boston Week!

Come and meet the candidates for the Trott Visiting Professor Position

C&RP Students:
This coming week we're interviewing three candidates for the Trott Visiting Professor position.
Each candidate will be giving a presentation, which you're invited to attend.
Students will also have a scheduled time to meet each candidate, and we urge you try to attend. Your opinion on who we should hire is important to the faculty. You can submit your thoughts to Ryan Friedberg (undergrad rep), Jonathan Nutt (master's rep) or Becca Kemper (PhD rep). We will be voting on the candidate to select at the end of the day Friday. Attached are the resumes of the candidates for your review.

Michael Powe, PhD Planning, Policy & Design, University of California, Irvine, 2010
John E. Sawyer Post Doctoral Fellow, Landscape Architecture and Planning, University of Washington.
Lecture Title: Loft living in skid row: Planning, politics, and everyday practices in a distressed neighborhood
Monday, April 4, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. 259 KH
Group meeting with students, Tuesday, April 5, 10:00-10:30 a.m. 259 KH

Teresa Vazquez, PhD C&R Planning, Cornell University, 2002,
Visiting Scholar Institute of Research for Labor and Employment UCLA
Lecture Title: Immigrant Businesses in Suburban Arlington
Wednesday, April 6, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., 259 KH
Group meeting with students, Thursday, April 7, 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Bernadette Hanlon, PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Public Policy, 2007
Research Analyst Center for Urban and Environmental Research and Education, U. Maryland
Lecture Title: Suburbs In-Crisis: A New Metropolitan Reality in the U.S
Friday, April 8, 10:30-11:30 a.m.259 KH
Meet with students, Friday, April 8, 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 269 KH

Availability Survey

CRPSA is trying to decide on a time for spring quarter meetings that best suits everyone and we are asking everyone to please fill out this survey for potential meeting times.

Survey link: http://www.doodle.com/tc77yas29vpdiex7